Cao Cao broke through the Yellow Turban of Yingchuan in Runan

In February of the first year of Jian'an (196), after Cao Cao gained a firm foothold in Yanzhou, he began to expand his strength outward. At that time, Runan County (now southwest of Shangcai, Henan) and Yingchuan County (now Yu County, Henan) had tens of thousands of troops in the Yellow Turban Army, including He Yi, Liu Pi, Huang Shao, and He Man. Cao Cao led his army to attack, defeated the army of He Yi and others in the area of Xu County, and then attacked Zhongxu County (present-day Xuchang, Henan). , the power developed to Yuzhou (now Anhui Hao County, the strength of the army also increased, the Han court appointed Di Luan as the general of Jiande.

Yuan Shu attacked Liu Bei

In June of the first year of Jian'an (196), Yuan Shu raised troops in Huainan (now Shou County, Anhui) to attack Liu Bei, preparing to capture Xuzhou (the state was now Tancheng, Shandong). Liu Bei sent Sima Zhang Fei to guard Xiapi County (northwest of present-day Suining, Jiangsu). , personally led the army to Xuyi County (now part of Jiangsu), Huaiyin County (now southwest of Huaiyin, Jiangsu) line, to meet Yuan Shu. The two armies held each other for more than a month, each with its own victory or defeat, and it was stiff and unable to hold on. At that time, Tao Qian had a conflict between Cao Bao and Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei killed Cao Bao, and the city was chaotic. Zhonglang will Xu Tan lure Lu Bu to attack Xiapi, Zhang Fei's soldiers were defeated and fled, Xiapi was occupied by Lu Bu, Liu Bei knew it, and hurriedly led his troops back to rescue, and the army arrived in Xiapi and was defeated without a fight. Liu Bei collected stragglers and fought with Yuan Shu at Guangling (now Yangzhou, Jiangsu), and was defeated again, so he led his army to be stationed in Haixi County, near Guangling County. At that time, Liu Bei's army was cut off from food and there was no way to go home, so he asked to surrender to Lu Bu. Lü Bu made Liu Bei the assassin of Yuzhou and stationed his army in Xiaopei (present-day Pei County, Jiangsu). It didn't take long, and Yuan Shu sent the general Ji Ling and others to lead 30,000 infantry and cavalry to attack twice. Liu Bei asked Lu Bu for help, and Lu Bu personally led more than 1,000 troops to the rescue. Lu Bu first went out to make peace for the two families. Ji Ling, the other general, asked to go to the camp and the halberd was outside the camp gate, and then said to Ji Ling with a bow and arrow in his hand, if I hit the small branch on the halberd, please stop fighting between the two sides, if not, but after the battle, Ji Ling and the others were shocked, afraid of Lu Bu's courage, and led the troops to retreat. Liu Bei's siege was lifted. Shoot the halberd.

Lü Bu occupies Xuzhou

After Lü Bu was driven out of Chongzhou (present-day Juancheng, Shandong) by Cao Cao, he went to Xuzhou (present-day Tancheng, Shandong) to join Liu Bei. In June of the first year of Jian'an (196), Yuan Shu attacked Xuzhou, and Liu Bei went out to defend the enemy, leaving Sima Zhang Fei to guard Xiapi (now northwest of Suining, Jiangsu), the center of Xuzhou governance. Before Yuan Shu's attack, Lü Bu attacked Liu Bei at the same time in Xuzhou, and agreed to aid Lü Bu's army with 200,000 grains and other equipment. Lü Bu was overjoyed, so he plotted to attack Xiapi. At this time, Zhang Fei killed Tao Qian because of resentment, so he sent Cao Bao and Xiapi people to be unstable, and Zhonglang sent Xu Tan to Sima Zhang to deceive and lure Lu Bu to attack. Lü Bu immediately marched, and Xu Tan's subordinates opened the city to welcome Lü Bu's army into the city. Zhang Fei hurriedly responded to the challenge and fled in defeat. Lü Bu occupied Xiapi, captured all of Liu Bei's wives and children, and called himself the assassin of Xuzhou. Liu Bei was defeated by Yuan Shu and was in a dilemma, asking Lü Bu to surrender. Lü Bu was resentful that Yuan Shu's military rations had not arrived, so he accepted Liu Bei, took Liu Bei as the assassin of Yuzhou, returned to his family, and stationed him in Xiaopei (now Pei County, Jiangsu). , against the resistance of Yuan Shu. Liu Bei garrisoned Xiaopei, collected more than 10,000 people from the rest of the army, and the momentum was lifted again. Lü Bu was worried that Liu Bei's strength would be difficult to control, so he personally led his army to attack Liu Bei. In September of this year, Lü Bu captured Xiaopei, Liu Bei fled to Cao Cao, and Lü Bu occupied Xuzhou.

Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to move the capital to Xu

In the first year of Jian'an (196), after Cao Cao attacked Xia Xu (now Xuchang, Henan), he agreed with all the strategists to welcome Emperor Xian. So he sent the general Cao Hong to Luoyang (now Luoyangdong, Henan) to meet the emperor, Dong Cheng and others were in danger to stop him, but Cao Hong had no hope. After Emperor Xianwen returned to Luoyang, the ministers Yang Feng, Han Xian, Dong Cheng and others were suspicious of each other. Dong Zhao thought that Cao Cao was a hero in the world, and he had already been in contact with Cao Cao, and when he saw that Yang Feng was the strongest soldier, but there was no support in the court, he pretended that Cao Cao sent a letter to Yang Feng, and the letter said that Cao Cao was willing to provide foreign aid for Yang Feng, and persuaded Yang Feng to have war, Cao Cao had food, and just communicated with each other. Yang Fengdexin was very happy, so Cao Cao was the general of Zhenshu and inherited his father's title of Marquis of Feiting. It didn't take long for Dong Cheng to take advantage of Han Xian, Zhang Yang and others to take advantage of their own merits and act mischief, and summoned Cao Cao into the court in the dark to control Han Xian and others. In August, Cao Cao led his troops into the Luoyang Dynasty to meet Emperor Xian and avenge the sins of Han Xian and Zhang Yang. Han Xian defected to Yang Feng, dedicated to the emperor, so Han Xian and others escorted the merit, and the edict pardoned. Emperor Xianwen led Cao Cao to concurrently serve as the lieutenant of the school, record the Shangshu affairs, and pretend to be a talisman and an axe. Cao Cao appointed the merit of the escort to play the Feng Wei general Dong Cheng and other thirteen people as liehous, and killed three people, including Zhongtai Gao and Shangshu Feng Shuo, who had just taken charge of the government. In August of the first year of Jian'an (196), after Cao Cao entered the imperial court, he wanted to move the capital to Xu, but due to Emperor Xian's long-term displacement, the situation began to be determined, and he was afraid that moving the capital again would be criticized, so he hesitated for this. So he asked Yu Lang Dong Zhao. Dong Zhao persuaded that now many generals in Luoyang are estimated to be miscellaneous, and they do not necessarily obey, and the only way to achieve great things is to move the capital. Shuang said, only by doing extraordinary things can there be extraordinary success, and I hope that Cao Cao will think carefully, wear eyes from a big place, and make an early judgment. Cao Cao was worried about staying in Liang County. Now it is difficult for Yang Feng of Linru, Henan to come out to stop it. Dong Zhao suggested that Cao Cao first send an envoy to thank Yang Feng for his kindness as a general of Zhenshu, so as to appease Yang Feng's heart, and then told Yang Feng that Luoyang was in difficulty with food, and first let Emperor Xian temporarily go to Luyang (now Lushan, Henan), which was closer to Xu County, in order to ensure food supply. Yang Feng was brave and unscrupulous, and decided not to participate in the suspicion, and then welcomed Emperor Xian directly to Xu County. Cao Cao did according to the plan, and it was successful. By the time Yang Feng got all the truth and the army was cut off, it was too late. In August of the same year, Cao Cao always welcomed Emperor Xian to Xu County, so he took permission as the capital. In September, Emperor Xian considered Cao Cao a general and named him Marquis of Wuping. In October, Cao Cao marched to conquer Yang Feng, Yang Feng was defeated and fled south, Cao Cao captured Liang County, moved the capital to Xu, and politically achieved a dominant position of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes. Yuan Shao learned that he had sent an envoy to the emperor to change the capital to which city (present-day Juancheng, Shandong), which was closer to Jizhou, in order to control the government, but Cao Cao refused. It didn't take long, Emperor Xian appointed Yuan Shao as Sikong, Yuan Shao was ashamed to be under Cao Cao, and refused to accept it, so Yuan Shao was strong, and Cao Cao didn't dare to offend for a while, so he gave up the name of the general to Yuan Shao, and he was politically appointed as Sikong and acting general of the chariot and cavalry. After agreeing, Cao Cao tightly controlled Emperor Xian, served as a palace guard soldier with his cronies, monopolized the government of the court, and prepared Emperor Wen for the throne, and all the officials had already listened. Cao Cao also took his cronies Xun or as a servant and kept the order, and went out on his own, and Premier Xun was in charge. From here, as soon as the great power returned to the Cao family, the Han Dynasty had no real name in the world. coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes

Liu Bei defected to Cao Cao

In September of the first year of Jian'an (196), Liu Bei was captured by Lü Bu, and Xiaopei (now Pei County, Jiangsu) abandoned his wife and fled. In October, Liu Bei defected to Cao Cao. Cao Cao always valued Liu Bei, treated him very well, appointed him as the pastor of Yuzhou, provided him with military rations, increased his soldiers, and asked Liu Bei to collect stragglers and attack Lü Bu to the east. In the third year of Jian'an, Liu Bei was again Gao Shun, Lu Bu's general. Later, Cao Cao personally defeated Lü Bu on his eastward expedition, and Liu Bei returned to Xu (now Xuchang, Henan) with Cao Cao. Cao Cao recommended Liu Bei as General Zuo in the above table, and he was in the same car and sat at the same table with Liu Bei, and he had great respect for Liu Bei. Liu Bei temporarily resided in Cao Cao's place.

Sun Ce attacked Zhanhuiji

In the autumn of the first year of Jian'an (196), Sun Ce launched a war from Danyang (present-day Xuancheng, Anhui), crossed the Zhejiang (present-day Qiantang River) to the east, and attacked Huiji County (present-day Shaoxing, Zhejiang). Huiji Taishou Wang Lang sent soldiers to guard Guling on the coast of Zhejiang. Sun Ce's several attacks were unsuccessful, and his uncle Sun Jing suggested that sending troops to attack from the Chadian surprise army dozens of miles south of Guling could receive the effect of surprise and unpreparedness. Sun Ce accepted, ordered the sergeants to light more torches as suspicious soldiers, and then divided the army to attack Gaoqiantun after Chadu. Wang Lang was shocked, and sent Zhou Xin, the Taishou of Danyang, to lead his troops to meet the challenge, and Zhou Xin hurriedly responded to the battle and was killed by Sun Ce's army. Wang Langjun was defeated. Yu Chuan and others protected Wang Lang from the sea to Dongye County (now Fuzhou, Fujian). Sun Ce pursued and defeated Wang Lang again, and Wang Lang surrendered. Here, Sun Ce personally guarded Huiji County, replaced the officials of each county in Huiji County, and broke through the Yan Baihu people who gathered troops in Jiangdong, so he occupied Huiji County.

Ying Shao's "Hanyi"

In the first year of Emperor Xian, the order should be deleted as "Han Yi" (a name is "Han Guanyi"), which was played in the first year of Jian'an (196). The content includes a total of 250 articles, including "Chapters and Sentences of the Law", "Old Stories of Shangshu", "Decree of the Imperial Commander", "Proportion of Decisions", "Situ Dumu", "Wucao Edict", and "Spring and Autumn Prison Break". and collected 30 articles of "Rebuttal", following the same and collecting 82 things. The book brings together the systems of Han officials, court meetings, suburban rituals, and feudal meditations, as well as the old practices of various government offices, so as to determine suspicions and clarify right from wrong.

Cao Cao opened Tuntian

In the first year of Jian'an (196), in order to solve the problem of military rations, Cao Cao used the materials and captured population when he broke Runan, Yingchuan Yellow Turban, He Yi and other departments in February of that year, and opened a tuntian under Xu (now Xuchang, Henan), and received millions of grain that year. So Cao Cao ordered all prefectures and counties to set up field officials and recruit people to tuntian. Tuntian is divided into two kinds: Mintun and Juntun, Mintun is given to Tuntian by the government, the people have a field to cultivate, and the harvest is divided with the government. Those who make officials pay sixty percent to the government, and they get forty percent. Cao Cao was in charge of Mintun in the central, county, and county divisions, including Dasi Nong, Diannong Zhonglang General, and Diannong Duwei. The military tun is made up of the army's tuntian, and the method is similar to that of the people's tun, and the military tuntian in various places is in charge of the field officials such as the lieutenant of the Sinong branch and the lieutenant of the Du branch sent by the central government. At that time, under the situation of food shortage and famine, Tuntian solved Cao Cao's military food problem very well, and also restored the long-damaged social economy in the north, which was a great economic success for Cao Cao, and it was also an important condition for him to unify the north later.

Guo Jia entered Cao Ying

In 196 AD, one of Cao Cao's most important strategists, Xi Zhicai, died. In addition to being sad, Cao Cao wrote to Xun Yu and asked him to recommend a strategist who could replace Xi Zhicai. So, Xun Yu recommended his friend Guo Jia to Cao Cao. Cao Cao was overjoyed, and welcomed Guo Jia into his tent for ten miles to discuss major events in the world. The importance of this meeting was no less than that of the later "Longzhong Pair". Guo Jia is 15 years younger than Cao Cao, but he knows Cao Cao's ambitions well. When Cao Cao asked Guo Jia about the situation in the world, Guo Jia broke through the key point and suggested that Cao Cao take advantage of Yuan Shao's attack on Gongsun Zan to eliminate Lü Bu first. This not only allowed Cao's army to expand its strength, but also prevented Lü Bu from threatening Cao's army from the flank in the decisive battle of Cao Yuan in the future. Cao Cao asked Guo Jia again, what is the most critical quality as a strategist? Guo Jia said that war is the same as playing chess, there is no war that is not planned in advance, familiarity with the art of war is only the beginning, and the advantages and disadvantages of military advisers lie in on-the-spot adaptation. Guo Jia's clear and thorough analysis made Cao Cao see a bright future. After hearing this, Cao Cao sighed: "Whoever makes loneliness a big thing must be this person." After Guo Jia left the camp, he was also overjoyed and said, "God is also." From then on, Guo Jia became Cao Cao's military advisor sacrificial wine, giving advice and serving Cao Cao's Quartet campaign loyally.